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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes/Unheard Voices of the Strike
DESCRIPTION:In the Fall of 2022\, graduate student workers from the University of California participated in one of the largest strikes in higher education history. As a result\, student workers learned valuable lessons about feeding and sustaining one another on and off the picket lines. \nJoin us for a panel discussion about the work that often goes unrecognized behind the scenes with opening remarks by Rosie Stockton and Da In Choi. \n\n\nDate: Thursday\, May 4th\nTime: 5:00-6:30pm\nLocation: Public Affairs 1246
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/behind-the-scenes-unheard-voices-of-the-strike/
LOCATION:Public Affairs 1246
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SUMMARY:Labor Studies Coffee Chat with Danette Garcia
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Labor Studies Coffee Chat with Danette Garcia\, LA City Attorney Director of Community & Government Affairs and UCLA Labor Studies alum \nDate: Thursday\, April 27th \nTime: 4 PM \nLocation: Bunche Hall 3164 \nJoin us for a Coffee Chat with LA City Attorney Director of Community & Government Affairs and UCLA Labor Studies alum\, Danette Garcia and moderated by Micaela Aragon\, Labor Studies major and communications work-study. This will be an informal space for students to ask questions about her position\, her journey to working for the LA City attorney\, experience working for campaigns\, and how Labor Studies played a role in her journey to where she is today.
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/labor-studies-coffee-chat-with-danette-garcia/
LOCATION:Bunche Hall 3164
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SUMMARY:Garment Workers Speak Out!
DESCRIPTION:When the pandemic hit\, US retailers canceled clothing orders abroad\, resulting in millions of garment workers being laid off without pay or severance. On April 27\, Chhorpesal Chhom and Sreymich Hai – who were fired from Hulu Garment factory in Cambodia\, where they sewed products for Amazon and Adidas – will visit the UCLA campus to speak about the wage theft and retaliation they endured\, and the need for accountability from major brands. Come speak directly with workers who produce your clothing and to learn about how you can support garment workers in their struggle for justice. \nWhen: April 27\, 2pm \nWhere: UCLA campus (RSVP for info) – livestream on zoom \nRSVP: nikesteals.com/ucla
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/garment-workers-speak-out/
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SUMMARY:Information Session: Career Opportunities at the Labor Commissioner's Office and Department of Industrial Relations
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Career Opportunities at the Labor Commissioner’s Office and Department of Industrial Relations \nDate: Tuesday\, March 7th \nTime: 11:30am – 1:00pm PT \nLocation: Haines Hall Rm. 144 \nJoin us on March 7th\, 2022 with California State Labor Commissioner\, Lilia Garcia-Brower for an in-person information session on career opportunities and pathways within the Labor Commissioner’s Office and Department of Industrial Relations. \nLUNCH PROVIDED*
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/information-session-career-opportunities-at-the-labor-commissioners-office-and-department-of-industrial-relations/
LOCATION:Haines Hall 144
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230301T133000
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SUMMARY:Labor Studies Coffee Chat with Chris Zepeda-Millán\, Chair of the UCLA Labor Studies Program
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Labor Studies Coffee Chat with Chris Zepeda-Millán\, Chair of the UCLA Labor Studies Program \nDate: Wednesday\, March 1 \nTime: 1:30 – 2:30 PM PT \nLocation: Public Affairs 2284 \nJoin us on Wednesday\, March 1\, between 1:30 pm – 12:30 p.m. for a coffee chat with Chris Zepeda-Millán\, Chair of the UCLA Labor Studies Program. This is a casual\, informal event to allow Labor Studies students to connect with the Chair and the program overall.
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/labor-studies-coffee-chat-with-chris-zepeda-millan-chair-of-the-ucla-labor-studies-program/
LOCATION:Public Affairs 2284
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SUMMARY:We Gon' Be Alright Class Virtual Open House
DESCRIPTION:Topic: We Gon’ Be Alright Class Virtual Open House \nDate: Wednesday\, February 22nd \nTime: 4:00pm – 5:00pm PT \nLocation: Zoom \nUCLA’s Center for the Advancement of Racial Equity (CARE) at Work in collaboration with the Labor Studies Department is excited to announce our Virtual Open House on Wednesday\, February 22nd\, 4:00 – 5:00 PM for CARE’s cross-campus course\, We Gon’ Be Alright: Developing the Next Generation of Black Organizers. \n\nJoin us as we dive into the importance of labor and organizing in the greater movement for Black Worker Justice and explore new program partnerships (summer internship opportunities) offered by UCLA’s CARE.
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/we-gon-be-alright-class-virtual-open-house/
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SUMMARY:Labor Speaker Series | “How To Make a Revolution: A Conversation About the Past\, Present\, and Future of Radical Labor” Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:Topic: How To Make a Revolution: A Conversation About the Past\, Present\, and Future of Radical Labor with Christina Heatherton \nDate: Tuesday\, February 14 \nTime: 10 AM – 12 PM PT \nLocation: 10383 Bunche Hall (in-person) and on Zoom \nJoin Dr. Heatherton for a conversation about her book and what lessons it may contain for contemporary labor and movement organizing strategy. The Mexican Revolution was a global event that catalyzed international radicals in unexpected sites and struggles. From art collectives and farm worker strikes to prison “universities\,” Arise! Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution (UC Press\, 2022) considers how disparate revolutionary traditions merged in unanticipated alliances. \nModerated by: Maga Miranda\, Doctoral Candidate in Chicana/o and Central American Studies. \nZOOM RSVP: bit.ly/laborspeaker-heatherton   \nIn-Person RSVP:
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/labor-speaker-series-how-to-make-a-revolution-a-conversation-about-the-past-present-and-future-of-radical-labor-book-talk/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall
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SUMMARY:Information Session: Career Opportunities at the Labor Commissioner's Office and Department of Industrial Relations (Cancelled)
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Career Opportunities at the Labor Commissioner’s Office and Department of Industrial Relations \nDate: Thursday\, December 1st Time: 11:30am – 12:45pm PT \nLocation: 279 Haines Hall  \nJoin us on December 1st\, 2022 with California State Labor Commissioner\, Lilia Garcia-Brower for an in-person information session on career opportunities and pathways within the Labor Commissioner’s Office and Department of Industrial Relations. \nLUNCH PROVIDED*
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/information-session-career-opportunities-at-the-labor-commissioners-office-and-department-of-industrial-relations-cancelled/
LOCATION:279 Haines Hall
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SUMMARY:Summer Internship Opportunities for Graduate and Undergraduate UCLA Students at U.S. GAO: Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Summer Internship Opportunities for Graduate and Undergraduate UCLA Students at U.S. GAO Date: Tuesday\, November 15 Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm PT Location: Zoom The U.S. Government Accountability Office\, or GAO is an independent\, nonpartisan agency within the legislative branch that advises Congress about ways to make the federal government more efficient\, effective\, ethical\, equitable\, and responsive. Join us in this information session on summer internship opportunities for UCLA Graduate and Undergraduate Students at the U.S. GAO next summer! To RSVP: log in to Handshake and search for “U.S. Government Accountability Office Info Session” on November 15\, 2022. \nTo join the meeting: CLICK HERE! 
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/summer-internship-opportunities-for-graduate-and-undergraduate-ucla-students-at-u-s-gao-information-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221110T130000
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SUMMARY:Labor Speaker Series | “Roots of Resistance: A Story of Gender\, Race\, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras” Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:Topic: “Roots of Resistance: A Story of Gender\, Race\, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras” \nBook Talk Date: Thursday\, November 10 \nTime: 1:00pm – 2:30pm PT \nLocation: UCLA Young Research Library\, Presentation Room\, Room 11348 \nJoin us for a Book Talk with Suyapa G. Portillo Villeda\, author of Roots of Resistance: A Story of Gender\, Race\, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras. On May 1\, 1954\, striking banana workers on the North Coast of Honduras brought the regional economy to a standstill\, invigorating the Honduran labor movement and placing a series of demands on the US-controlled banana industry. Their actions ultimately galvanized a broader working-class struggle and reawakened long-suppressed leftist ideals. The first account of its kind in English\, Roots of Resistance explores contemporary Honduran labor history through the story of the great banana strike of 1954 and centers the role of women in the narrative of the labor movement. Drawing on extensive firsthand oral history and archival research\, Suyapa G. Portillo Villeda highlights the complexities of transnational company hierarchies\, gender and race relations\, and labor organizing that led to the banana workers strike and how these dynamics continue to reverberate in Honduras today. Guest Speaker: Suyapa G. Portillo Villeda\, Associate Professor of Chicana/o Latina/o Transnational Studies\, Pitzer College
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/labor-speaker-series-roots-of-resistance-a-story-of-gender-race-and-labor-on-the-north-coast-of-honduras-book-talk/
LOCATION:UCLA Young Research Library Rm 11348
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SUMMARY:Symposium on Academic Labor
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Symposium on Academic Labor \nDate: Monday\, October 31st and Wednesday\, November 2 \nTime: 12:30pm – 1:45pm PT \nLocation: Various \nWhy are the majority of college teachers low wage temps\, and how can academic workers organize to fight back? Representatives from UAW 2865 and Higher Education Labor United will answer these and other questions about how labor activism on college campuses can contribute to the development of a more militant labor movement in the U.S. \nJoin us on Monday\, Oct. 31 and Wednesday\, Nov. 2 between 12:30–1:45 p.m. for a Symposium on Academic Labor hosted by Trevor Griffey in his LBR STD 188: Labor and Public Higher Education: Campus Workers\, Working Students\, and Public Good class.
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/symposium-on-academic-labor/
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SUMMARY:Labor Speaker Series | “Is Formalization the Answer? Is Informality the Problem?” Waste Picker Rights Policy in São Paolo and Bogotá with Manuel Rosaldo
DESCRIPTION:Topic: “Is Formalization the Answer? Is Informality the Problem?” Waste Picker Rights Policy in São Paolo and Bogotá\nDate: Thursday\, October 13th\nTime: 3:00pm – 4:30pm PT\nLocation: Luskin School of Public Affairs Faculty Lounge\, Room 5391\n\nUnder what circumstances does the formalization of informal jobs lead to pro-worker outcomes\, and when might formalization intensify workers’ exploitation or deprive them of work altogether? Drawing on 24 months of ethnographic field research\, this presentation analyzes two ambitious efforts to integrate informal waste pickers into formal waste management. This research finds that formalization policies in Bogotá\, Colombia elevated the incomes\, conditions\, and voice of thousands of waste pickers\, whereas parallel efforts in the seemingly more favorable context of São Paulo\, Brazil did not. Ultimately\, these differential outcomes hinged on waste pickers’ levels of power to shape policy design and implementation. \n\nGuest Speaker: Manuel Rosaldo\, Assistant Professor of Labor Relations and Sociology\, The Pennsylvania State University
URL:https://dev.laborstudies.ucla.edu/event/labor-speaker-series-is-formalization-the-answer-is-informality-the-problem-waste-picker-rights-policy-in-sao-paolo-and-bogota-with-manuel-rosaldo/
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